Thanks for checking into this so quickly. The computer where I saw the problem was using the latest emacs-snapshot Ubuntu RPM package and so I bet that is slightly behind the current trunk. I'll check current trunk before sending a bug report next time. Thanks also for the tips for submitting bug reports, I'll include a stack trace as well as more context next time! Dave On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 3:47 AM, Glenn Morris wrote: > upgradingdave wrote: > > > `url-retrieve-synchronously` docs claims to accept a parsed URL vector as > > an argument, but in latest version of emacs 24.1.50 it seems to break > when > > passed a URL vector. For example, this throws an error: > > > > (url-retrieve-synchronously > > (url-generic-parse-url > > (concat "http://search.maven.org" "/solrsearch/select?q=\"" > > "log4j" "\"&rows=20&wt=json"))) > > Thanks for the report, but this works fine in the current trunk. > > > I think the problem is the following (line 185 of url.el.gz) should > > first check to make sure the URL is not a vector: > > > > (setq url (url-encode-url url)) > > Such a check was added back in June: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-diffs/2012-06/msg00249.html > > It seems your sources must be rather out-of-date (they claim to date > from the end of July). > > > This is my first time submitting a bug report, so if you need any more > > info, please let me know. > > For your next bug report; "throws an error" is vague. Please include the > exact error message (ideally set debug-on-error t and post the > backtrace). Also, saying "line X of file Y" is vague, because we don't > know exactly what your copy of file Y looks like. It is better to quote > a few lines of context. Or even better, send a patch! :) > > > In GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.2.0) > > of 2012-07-28 on meitnerium, modified by Debian > -- Preferred Version LLC m. 703.989.3562